Unit oneActive reading 1Teaching objectivesDifferent types of degrees ( bachelors, masters, doctors)Characteristics of Generation X and Generation Y/GruntHighlighting different aspects of a problemResumeWarming-up activity1.Read the passage in activity 1 and work in groups to discuss the topic.2.Based on your experience and knowledge, discuss the differences of a good job and a job. Useful expressions & language pointsgalvanize vt.Shock or affect someone enough to produce a strong and immediate reaction使振奋；刺激；使（某人）震惊或激动（并采取行动）. His speech yesterday galvanized many workers into action.他昨天的演讲激励不少工人行动起来了。
fraught adj.very worried and with a lot of problems 忧虑的；焦虑不安的. 1. After his speech, there was a fraught silence.他发言后，出现了一阵令人焦虑不安的沉默。
2. She sounded a bit fraught. 她听上去有点儿忧心忡忡。
clutch vt.hold sb. or sth. firmly 紧抓；紧握. 1. The mother clutched her baby in her arms.母亲紧紧地把婴儿抱在怀里。
2. He felt himself slipping and clutched at a branch.slump vi.1)sit, lean, or fall heavily and limply, esp. with a bent back （沉重地）坐下；垂头弯腰地坐着2)be suddenly reduced to a much lower level 暴跌；剧降. 1. She slumped against the cushions. 她无力地靠在沙发垫上。
2. I saw her slump against the wall. 我看见她无力地靠在墙上。
caused the price of irons to slump 钢铁价格暴跌是什么原因grunt n.（表示厌恶、不满的）咕哝声，嘟哝声.He gave a grunt to show his disapproval. 他嘟嘟囔囔地表示着自己的不满。
detached adj.1)Someone who is detached is not personally involved in something or has no emotionalinterest in it. 超然的2) A detached building is one that is not joined to any other building.（房屋）独立的. 1. He tries to remain emotionally detached from the prisoners, but fails.他想尽力保持对囚犯们不掺杂个人感情，但做不到2.He’s a man up in the air you know he’s so detached he doesn’t have his feet on the ground. 他是个生活在空中的人，十分超然，从不脚踏实地。
3.... a house on the corner with a detached garage ...拐角处一幢有独立车库的房子cf. attachcomprehensive adj. 全面的，综合的. 1. No one yet has a comprehensive plan for how we could do so again, but everyone agrees on what the biggest parts of the plan would be.到目前为止，没有人能够提出一个综合计划来告诉我们如何这样去做，但每一个人都同意这一计划的最大组成部分是什么。
2.Write and express your ideas in a very comprehensive and clear way.你要以非常全面和简洁的方式表达出自己的观点。
词组：comprehensive evaluation 综合评价法comprehensive analysis 综合分析法comprehensive utilization 综合利用comprehensive quality 综合素质comprehensive treatment 综合治疗；综合处理comprehensive national power/strength 综合国力comprehensive university 综合性大学comprehensive trading company 综合贸易公司同根词：词根：comprehendprehensible 可理解的adv. comprehensively 包括地；包括一切地n. comprehension 理解；包含comprehensiveness综合；详尽prehend 理解；包含；由...组成proceed v.1.If you proceed to do something, you do it, often after doing something else first.（做完某事之后）接着（做另一事）.He proceeded to tell me of my birth. 他接着给我讲了我的出生。
2.If you proceed with a course of action, you continue with it. 继续进行（某行动）[正式].The group proceeded with a march they knew would lead to bloodshed. 这群人继续进行他们知道会导致流血事件的一次游行。
3.If an activity, process, or event proceeds, it goes on and does not stop. （活动、过程、事件等）继续. The ideas were not new. Their development had proceeded steadily since the war. 这些想法并不断。
它们的发展自开战以来一直在稳步地继续。
同根词：词根：processadj. process 经过特殊加工（或处理）的processional 游行的；列队行进的n.process过程，进行；方法，步骤；作用；程序；推移proceeding 进行；程序；诉讼；事项procession 队伍，行列；一列，一排；列队行进processional 游行圣歌v.proceeding 开始；继续做；行进（proceed的ing形式）vi.process 列队前进procession 列队行进vt.process 处理；加工procession 沿着...行进advocate v./n.1.vt. If you advocate a particular action or plan, you recommend it publicly. 提倡[正式]Mr. Williams is a conservative who advocates fewer government controls on business.威廉斯先生是一位提倡减少政府对商业的控制的保守人士。
2.n. An advocate of a particular action or plan is someone who recommends it publicly. 倡导者He was a strong advocate of free market policies and a multi-party system. 他是自由市场政策以及多党制的坚定定倡导者。
3.n. An advocate for a particular group is a person who works for the interests of that group.为（某团体）谋利益者[美国英语]. ...advocates for the homeless. ...为无家可归者谋利益的人Text-learning1.Do comprehensive exercise of the Starting Point2.Difficult language points and sentences1)Honors Degree①Most people get a second.②Traditionally, in the British university system, BA (文学学士) and BS (理学学士) are awarded in different categories: a first class degree (I), a second (IIi or IIii called “a two one”and “a two two”), a third (written III) and a pass degree.③There are also ordinary degrees with more general courses of study without these categories.2)Those memories of forking out thousands of pounds a year so that he could eat well andgo to the odd party, began to fade. (Para 1)The parents paid a lot of money for their son’s university fees and living expenses and for occasional social events - at graduation these memories of money were mostly forgotten because the parents were proud. But now the parents are thinking of money again because the son doesn’t have a job and doesn’t seem to be actively seeking one.3)Civil Service fast streamCivil Service fast stream refers to the recruitment of graduates to serve in government departments or agencies. Their academic and personal records assure them of fast promotion in government service. 快速晋升人才培养计划4)I passed the exams, but at the interviews they accused me of being‘too detached’andtalking in language that was ‘too technocratic’, which I didn’t think possible, but obviously it is. (Para 5)Jack passed the entrance exams for a government post, but he was criticized in the selection interviews. They said he was not personally involved and used the language of a technical expert or high authority. As a new graduate he probably wanted to show his expertise so he can’t understand this criticism.5)For the rest it is 9-to-5 “chilling”before heading to the pub. (Para 6)The others who do not have a routine low-status job (like stacking goods on a supermarket shelf) chill out all day (they spend their time casually relaxing - they don’t look for work) and go to pub for a drink in the evening.6)I went to a comprehensive and I worked my backside off to go to the good university.(Para6)Jack went to a school for students of all abilities (not to a special school for academic students), so he had to work very hard to enter a good university. To work your backside off is informal and means you work very hard indeed.7)Carry on life as normal and don’t allow them to abuse your bank account or sap yourreserve of emotional energy. (Para 11)The advice from Gael Lindenfield here is that parents should live as usual. They should neither let their children spend their money unnecessarily, nor let the problem take away or use up all their energy and emotions.8)After that the son or daughter needs to be nudged firmly back into the saddle. (Para 12)Then the parents should push their children firmly so that they get back into control of their lives.PreviewGetting information about American generationsHomework: of active reading 1preview active reading 2Active reading 2Teaching ObjectivesConcessive clausesFocusing on informal writingStructuring a short storyWarming-up activity1.Read the passage in activity 1 and work in groups to discuss the topic.2.Finish the exercises 2 after reading the text as a Skimming and Scanning material.Useful expressions & language pointshassle n. sth. that is annoying, because it causes problems or is difficult to do 麻烦. 1. It’s such a hassle not having a washing machine. 没有洗衣机真是麻烦。